All Crime articles – Page 14
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Comment & OpinionAbuse against shopworkers has risen this year. How can we allow this for our ‘local heroes’?
The Co-op has reported a 39% increase in abuse, violence and antisocial behaviour towards staff since last year – a shocking statistic
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NewsAbuse against Co-op staff rockets by almost 40% this year
Co-op said it was seeing on average 730 incidents a day of abuse, violence or anti-social behaviour directed against its staff
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NewsThe Co-op wins Business Initiative of the Year for plan to tackle shopworker abuse
Co-op’s Safer Colleagues Safer Communities campaign has won The Grocer Gold Award
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NewsMedia Bites 11 November: Amazon, Sunday trading, Premier Foods
Amazon has been charged by the European commission with using the sales data of independent retailers selling through its site to illegally gain an advantage in the European marketplace
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NewsIllicit tobacco on sale in more than 60% of Bolton convenience stores
Results of JTI mystery shopping operations echo those recorded in 2018
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NewsCentral England Co-op reports second crime in two days
The first incident involved a fight breaking out between a group of youths in the store
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NewsCentral England Co-op security guard threatened with knife
The event took place on Thursday night at the Dyas Road store in Birmingham
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NewsCentral England Co-op to roll out new security measures in crime crackdown
Society will introduce a service that allows staff to call for assistance at the touch of a button
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Comment & OpinionShopworkers are paying a high price for face mask enforcement
Staff are being asked to take ’reasonable steps – but are also facing surging levels of abuse
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NewsPost Office CEO Nick Read sets out measures to regain postmaster trust
Measures include a non-executive role for a postmaster on the board and a £2m investment in creating 100 area managers to support postmasters
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NewsRetail industry leaders demand committee inquiry into violence against shopworkers
Industry bodies are calling for action to tackle the tens of thousands of acts of violence against shopworkers every year
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NewsCentral England Co-op trials staff body cameras in two stores
Following in the footsteps of the Co-op and Waitrose, the society has begun the trial in its Erdington and Great Barr stores
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NewsShopworkers slam government over lack of action to stem abuse
Government rejected an Usdaw petition that called for a specific offence of abusing, threatening or assaulting a retail worker
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NewsCross-party MP group joins the BRC in demanding new laws to protect shopworkers
The 11 MPs have signed a new ‘Shopworkers’ Protection Pledge’ launched by the BRC
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NewsSainsbury’s reports success of AI ‘concealment detector’ to spot thieves
The technology uses machine learning to recognise and record suspicious behaviour based on CCTV feeds from specific aisles
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NewsSuperdrug launches campaign to combat aggression towards staff
The retaler is also adopting a zero-tolerance approach to aggression, pledging to take the strongest action including supporting prosecution
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NewsSouthern Co-op picks 14 organisations to tackle retail crime with £100k fund
The retailer hopes donating to these programmes will help reduce future crime in its stores
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Analysis & FeaturesThe shopworker abuse epidemic: what can be done to stop it?
Retail staff faced a huge rise in verbal and physical abuse at the start of the pandemic. New mask regulations could reignite the problem, or even make it worse
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NewsWaitrose rolls out body-worn cameras to store staff
The retailer will trial the technology in 50 of its branches this month
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NewsCentral England Co-op reports third violent crime in Leicestershire in a month
The society said it continued to lobby the government for a change in legislation so shop workers were provided with greater protection